Coney Island Avenue & Banner Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Banner Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 246/Ladder 169 firehouse is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Coney Island Av/Neptune Av · B68
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Banner Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Neptune Av, 560 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Neptune Av B68
    560 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,030 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Banner Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Banner Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. BAM Bam's Playhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    310 feet
  2. Gummy Bears Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  3. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tiny Bumblebees Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Banner Avenue or Coney Island Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.